Also known as C20orf63, DEFB-18, ESC42, ESP13.6, defensin beta 118
Beta-defensin 118 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB118 gene.
This gene encodes a member of the beta subfamily of defensins. Beta-defensins are antimicrobial peptides that protect tissues and organs from infection by a variety of microorganisms. Expression of this gene is regulated by androgen, and the encoded protein binds to sperm and exhibits antibacterial activity against E. coli. This gene is found in a cluster with other beta-defensin genes on the long arm of chromosome 20. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2014].
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Beta-defensin 118 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB118 gene.
== References ==
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).